To do this, sixteen official documents were produced from the four sessions of the Vatican II, including the 'Sacrosanctum Concilium' (Constitution of the Sacred Liturgy), the 'Nostra Aetate' (Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions) and the 'Lumen Gentium' (Dogmatic Constitution of the Church). ... The issue of the inclusivity of the Church was again the reason for this change in the sacred language of the Mass. ... This change in the language of Mass is recorded in the document 'Sacrosanctum Concilium' (Constitution...

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"Messiah" is an oratorio (a sacred text set to music without drama) and was first performed on 13th April 1742 in Dublin and received its London premiere nearly a year later. ... Other reference such as the Stone Table Aslan was sacrificed onto the stone tablets that Moses brought down from Mount Sinai, which is said in the Bible. ...

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The most sacred Christian music was the music of the Mass, which was the celebration of the sacrifice of Christ. ... They liked used abstract patterns, flowering and rhythmic lines that were engraved in lime stone. ...

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